https://grok.lsu.edu/Updated Best Practices & Compliance articles!60https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15307 Microsoft Word To make Word documents more accessible, use the program's built in Header tags to allow for quick and easy navigation to each section of a document. Be sure to label and add ALT text captions for any images and charts in your document. Microsoft PowerPoint To make 15307 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:45:26 GMTMon, 29 Sep 2025 08:45:26 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15287 HTML Tips Screen readers will typically read abbreviations as full words. For example, "LSU ITS Department" might be read as "sue it's department." This issue can be avoided by: Use of periods between letters. (ex. L.S.U.) Putting spaces in between the letters of an acronym i15287 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:09:22 GMTFri, 29 Aug 2025 08:09:22 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20497 To provide a plan for remediating content or evaluating an accessible alternative for content, you must provide a public Equally Effective Alternative Access Plan (EEAAP). To Create an EEAAP: 1. Include your name and the departmental contact email, and provide this to anyone using the20497 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:44:42 GMTWed, 13 Aug 2025 15:44:42 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17567 Person First Language puts the person before the disability. Person First Language works to eliminate old, prejudicial, and hurtful descriptors. Person First Language is not political correctness; instead, it demonstrates good manners, respect for others. Speakers should make reference to the perso17567 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:17:45 GMTTue, 01 Apr 2025 09:17:45 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15311 Converting PDFs from Microsoft Office Software Adobe Acrobat software has an application that works with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that allows you to make PDF documents accessible. This creates a "tagged" document that is accessible to assistive technology. Tags in a PDF allow15311 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:27:41 GMTMon, 24 Mar 2025 12:27:41 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15282 Images An ALT tag should be used within the image to provide a clear text alternative. Alternative text should be used for all images and graphics so that screen readers can let the user know the purpose of that image. The ALT text should also include context that is rel15282 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:05:07 GMTMon, 24 Feb 2025 08:05:07 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15272 Assign Text Equivalents Text equivalents must be provided for any graphics in Flash Professional CS5. For example, names for icons and text equivalents for animations. Text within a movie is exposed by default when using Adobe Flash Player 10 because it takes advantage of Microsoft Active15272 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 09:00:59 GMTFri, 21 Feb 2025 09:00:59 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=15285 ANGEL HTML editor Captions should be included in every file uploaded in ANGEL. These captions should describe all of the content in detail. These files include any images or charts in Word or PowerPoint, audio files, video files, and PDF files. ANGEL can also be used to write quizzes. For15285 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:23:27 GMTTue, 07 Jan 2025 11:23:27 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=14975 Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires state and local governments that receive program funding from the federal government to provide equal access to their programming for all individuals with disabilit14975 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:05:57 GMTMon, 06 Jan 2025 14:05:57 GMThttps://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19940 Instructions for filling out the Accessibility Exception Request Form Prior to purchasing software, implementing products, posting web content, or utilizing digital resources that are not in compliance with WCAG 2.0 Level AA (L2) standards, the LSU Digital Resources & Content (DRC) Accessibi19940 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:08:02 GMTWed, 14 Jul 2021 08:08:02 GMT